from: FilmWorksLA.com — So he did it! Governor Jerry Brown actually signed the one year extension to The California Film And TV Jobs Program into law yesterday. We should now call him @ 916-445-2841 and thank him for doing so because next year we are going to need him to sign it into law for 5 years instead of this one year at a time stuff. Whats great about Jerry...
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In a wide ranging discussion in the video below, Larry Laboe, co-founder of SXM and the Executive Director of NewFilmakers L.A. talks about the importance of the Film Works campaign, his experiences filming on location in Los Angeles, dealing with people in the community when filming in their neighborhoods. Larry’s company, SXM, produces branded entertainment in the...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — The economy may be sputtering, but Los Angeles is abuzz with commercial shoots. Overall filming on city streets and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County climbed 13% last week over the same time a year earlier, thanks to a surge in commercial production from advertisers such as Sears, Lexus, Verizon and L’Oreal,...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Amid a spate of gloomy reports about the state of the national economy, Hollywood offered some bright news this week: Local production activity rebounded sharply in the third quarter. Overall shoots for on-location filming in Los Angeles and unincorporated areas of L.A. County jumped 15% in the three-month period ending Sept. 30,...
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from: FilmWorksLA.com — There are some very exciting plans at three of the major studios (Disney, Paramount, & NBCUniversal) to expand their operations significantly in California. If approved, these plans should offer hope to the thousands of workers and small businesses in California struggling through one of the longest and most devastating periods of runaway...
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from: Tina Dount, HollywoodReporter.com — President Barack Obama swept through Hollywood on Monday night, snarling traffic and headlining a pair of sold-out fundraisers attended by a broad cross section of the local business community and a sprinkling of entertainment executives and celebrities. The first of the night’s events — at the House of Blues on...
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